- Description:
- DVD - Region 1.   viewing copy.   4 videodiscs of 4.
color and b/w.  
fullscreen.   sound.  
- Notes:
- Supplemental material includes: two hours of video interviews with archivists and cinema scholars; stills gallery of more than 200 documents from MoMA’s Edison Collection; detailed film notes by Charles Musser. Series curated by Steven Higgens and Charles Musser.
Titles
+ Blacksmithing Scene
- Director:
- Dickson, W. K. L.; Heise, William
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1893
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Three men hammer on an anvil and pass a bottle of beer around.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Barber Shop, The
- Director:
- Dickson, W. K. L.; Heise, William
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1893
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Interior of Barber Shop. Man comes in, takes off his coat; sits down, smokes; is handed a paper by attendant, who points out a joke; both laugh. Meantime the man in the chair is shaved and has his hair cut.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Edison Kinetoscope Record Of A Sneeze
- Alternate Title:
- Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze, January 7, 1894
- Director:
- Dickson, W. K. L.; Heise, William
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   0 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1894
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A man (Thomas Edison's assistant) takes a pinch of snuff and sneezes. This is one of the earliest Thomas Edison films and was the first motion picture to be copyrighted in the United States.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Athlete With Wand
- Director:
- Dickson, W. K. L.; Heise, William
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1984
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A gymnast assumes a number of positions while holding a wand in both hands.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Eugene Sandow
- Alternate Title:
- Sandow
- Director:
- Dickson, W. K. L.; Heise, William
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1894
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Eugen Sandow was a German bodybuilder and showman. Born in Königsberg, Sandow became interested in bodybuilding at the age of ten during a visit to Italy. This film captures a clip of Sandow.
+ Carmencita
- Director:
- Dickson, W. K. L.; Heise, William
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1894
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Performing on what looks like a small wooden stage, wearing a dress with a hoop skirt and white high-heeled pumps, Carmencita does a dance with kicks and twirls, a smile always on her face.
+ Boxing Cats, The
- Alternate Title:
- The Boxing Cats (Prof. Welton’s)
- Director:
- Dickson, W. K. L.; Heise, William
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1984
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A glove contest between trained cats.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Caicedo With Pole
- Director:
- Dickson, W. K. L.; Heise, William
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1894
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- "King of the slack wire. His daring feats of balancing as he performs his thrilling feats in midair show that he is perfectly at home." (from Edison Films)
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Annabelle Butterfly Dance
- Director:
- Dickson, W. K. L.; Heise, William
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1894
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Annabelle (Whitford) Moore performs one of her popular dances. For this performance, her costume has a pair of wings attached to her back, to suggest a butterfly. As she dances, she uses her long, flowing skirts to create visual patterns.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Cockfight, No. 2
- Director:
- Dickson, W. K. L.; Heise, William
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1894
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Two gamecocks are fighting inside a wire cage, while two spectators look on in the background. The two men agree to make a bet on the outcome. One of them shows his money to the other, who is commenting on the fight.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Corbett And Courtney Before The Kinetograph
- Director:
- Dickson, W. K. L.; Heise, William
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1894
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- James J. Corbett and Peter Courtney meet in a boxing exhibition.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Sioux Ghost Dance
- Director:
- Dickson, W. K. L.; Heise, William
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1894
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A group of Sioux Indians from Buffalo Bill's Wild West exhibition demonstrates a dance called a "ghost dance".
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Buffalo Dance
- Director:
- Dickson, W. K. L.; Heise, William
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1894
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Three Sioux Indians perform a 'buffalo dance', while two others use drums to supply a rhythm. The three dancers move around in a circle as they perform the various actions that are part of the dance.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Hornbacker-Murphy Fight, the
- Director:
- Dickson, W. K. L.; Heise, William
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   0 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1894
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A referee and five fans (including a waiter in his apron) look on as two young men box.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Hadj Cheriff
- Director:
- Dickson, W. K. L.; Heise, William
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1894
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Hadj Cheriff, a performer known for a variety of unusual abilities, demonstrates part of his act in the Edison studio.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Arab Knife Juggler
- Director:
- Dickson, W. K. L.; Heise, William
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   0 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1894
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Hadj Cheriff, a performer known for a variety of unusual abilities, demonstrates part of his act in the Edison studio.
+ Glenroy Bros., No. 2
- Director:
- Dickson, W. K. L.; Heise, William
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1894
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- The Glenroy Brothers perform a portion of their vaudeville act, "The Comic View of Boxing: The Tramp & the Athlete".
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Luis Martinetti, Contortionist
- Director:
- Dickson, W. K. L.; Heise, William
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1894
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Luis Martinetti, a contortionist suspended from acrobatic flying rings, contorts himself for about thirty seconds. This is one of the first films made for Edison's kinetoscopes.
+ Bucking Broncho
- Director:
- Dickson, W. K. L.; Heise, William
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1894
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A fine exhibition of horsemanship by Lee Martin, a genuine cowboy. This particular broncho is an unusually wicked one. (from Edison Films)
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Annie Oakley
- Director:
- Dickson, W. K. L.; Heise, William
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1894
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Annie Oakley, the "champion lady shot of the world," gives an exhibition of rifle shooting.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Imperial Japanese Dance
- Director:
- Dickson, W. K. L.; Heise, William
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1894
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
-
A charming representation of the Mikado dance by three beautiful Japanese ladies in full costume. Very effective when colored. (from the Edison Catalog)
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Robetta And Doretto [No. 2]
- Director:
- Dickson, W. K. L.; Heise, William
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1894
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- The pursuit of Hop Lee by an irate policeman.
+ Chinese Laundry Scene
- Director:
- Dickson, W. K. L.; Heise, William
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   0 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1894
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- The pursuit of Hop Lee by an irate policeman.
+ Band Drill
- Director:
- Dickson, W. K. L.; Heise, William
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1894
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A scene from Charles Hoyt's 'A Milk White Flag': A brass band marches out, led by bandmaster Steele Ayers. When Ayers reaches his position, he turns around and directs the musicians as they take up their own positions.
+ Fire Rescue Scene
- Director:
- Dickson, W. K. L.; Heise, William
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1894
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- "Firemen in working uniform, rubber coats, helmets, and boots. Thrilling rescue from burning building. Smoke effects are fine." - from the Edison Catalog
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Billy Edwards And The Unknown
- Director:
- Dickson, William K. L.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   0 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1895
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Billy Edwards and a challenger named Warwick fight an exhibition boxing match.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Dickson Experimental Sound Film
- Director:
- Dickson, William K. L.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   0 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1895
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- The sound has been found in the form of an old Edisonian recording cylinder. The cylinder was repaired, then Walter Murch ACE MPSE synced the film to the correct music in (I believe) 2002. Total running time is approximately 17 seconds.
+ Princess Ali
- Director:
- Heise, William
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1895
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Princess Ali, of Barnum and Bailey's circus, performs an Egyptian dance in the Edison Company's studio. As she dances, some musicians perform in the background to provide accompaniment.
+ Egyptian Dance
- Director:
- Heise, William
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1895
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Princess Ali, of Barnum and Bailey's circus, performs an Egyptian dance in the Edison Company's studio. As she dances, some musicians perform in the background to provide accompaniment.
+ Annabelle Serpentine Dance
- Director:
- Dickson, W. K. L.; Heise, William
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- color and b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1895
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Annabelle (Whitford) Moore performs one of her popular dance routines. She uses her dance steps and her long, flowing skirts to create a variety of visual patterns.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Execution Of Mary, Queen Of Scots
- Director:
- Clark, Alfred
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1895
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- This short film, one of the first to use camera tricks, depicts the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots.
+ Amy Muller
- Director:
- Heise, William
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   0 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1896
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Vaudeville dancer Amy Muller performs a portion of her stage routine, which features dancing on her toes. She dances on one toe for part of the performance. Later, she also twirls and does cartwheels.
+ John C. Rice - May Irwin Kiss, The
- Alternate Title:
- The Kiss
- Director:
- Heise, William
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1896
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- In a medium close-up shot of the first kiss ever recorded on screen, two fervent lovers cuddle and talk passionately at hair's breadth, just before the love-smitten gentleman decides to give his chosen one an innocent peck.
+ Shooting The Chutes
- Director:
- Dickson, William K. L.
- Production Co:
- American Mutoscope Co
- Running Time:
- Short.   0 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1896
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- The camera shows a water ride at Bergen Beach at Coney Island. A raised track filled with water forms a chute, and a small boat full of park visitors slides down the chute. Alongside, empty boats are hauled back to the top of the ride.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Fatima, Muscle Dancer (Original And Censored Versions)
- Director:
- White, James H.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1896
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- This is the lady whose graceful interpretations of the poetry of motion has made this dance so popular of recent years. - From 'The Phonoscope' (1899)
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Mess Call
- Director:
- White, James H.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1896
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Members of the New York state militia enjoy some relaxing time during a meal break.
+ Inventor Edison Sketched By World Artist
- Director:
- White, James H.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1896
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
+ Watermelon Eating Contest
- Director:
- White, James H.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   0 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1896
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Two men have a contest to see which one can be the first to eat a large slice of watermelon.
+ Lone Fisherman, The
- Director:
- White, James H.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1896
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- "Depicts the patient fisherman, sitting on the end of a plank, waiting for a bite. Practical joker comes along and removes stone from other end of plank."
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Interrupted Lovers
- Director:
- White, James H.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1896
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A pair of bucolic lovers discovered by the wrathful father, who teaches the gallant a lesson.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Feeding The Doves
- Director:
- White, James H.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1896
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A woman and a young girl each carry containers of bird feed, and they toss occasional handfuls to the chickens and doves in the farmyard. Most of the chickens stay nearby, but the doves occasionally fly off and then return to eat more.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Morning Bath, A
- Director:
- White, James H.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1896
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- "Mammy is washing her little pickaninny. She thrusts him, kicking and struggling, into a tub full of foaming suds." - from the Edison Catalog
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Burning Stable
- Director:
- White, James H.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1896
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- “A burning wagon is dragged from the barn by the firemen, and four horses are rescued from the flames by the stablemen. Thick volumes of smoke pour from the doors and windows." - from the Edison Catalog
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Mounted Police Charge
- Director:
- White, James H.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1896
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- "A battalion of New York's famous mounted police at inspection. They approach at break-neck gallop." - from the Edison Catalog
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ McKinley Parade
- Director:
- White, James H.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   2 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1896
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
+ Going To The Fire
- Director:
- White, James H.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1896
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A crowd watches the Newark Fire Department respond to a call.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ First Sleigh Ride, The
- Director:
- White, James H.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1897
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, normal routines are resuming after a snowstorm. Along a city street, pedestrians watch as a vehicle passes by. But then they see something unexpected, as two sleigh drivers have decided to have a little fun on the snowy street.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Morning Alarm, The
- Director:
- White, James H.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Comapny
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1896
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- The Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Fire Department responds to an alarm on a December morning.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Mr. Edison At Work In His Chemical Factory
- Director:
- White, James H.
- Production Co:
- Edison Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1987
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- The scene is an actual one, showing Mr. Edison in working dress engaged in an interesting chemical experiment in his great Laboratory. There is sufficient movement to lead the spectator through the several processes of mixing, pouring, testing, etc. as if he were side by side with the principal.
+ Return Of Lifeboat
- Director:
- White, James H.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1987
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- "Shows a life boat coming through the breakers. The surf is high and the stout boat is tossed about like a cork."
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Troop Ships For The Phillippines
- Director:
- White, James H.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1898
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- The S.S. Australia departs from San Francisco Bay, carrying American soldiers to the Philippines.
+ U. S. Troops Landing At Daiquiri, Cuba
- Director:
- Paley, William
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1898
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- "The first U.S. Troops to land, June 22, 1898. Transports in the distance. Soldiers clamber up from boats onto the long railroad pier." - from the Edison Catalog
+ Burglar On The Roof, The
- Director:
- Blackton, J. Stuart
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   0 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1898
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- There is a burglar on the rooftop of a Manhattan office building, and he is trying to break in. Two women spot him, and one of them begins beating him with a broom as they wait for help to arrive. Soon others do appear on the scene to help, but by now the burglar has decided that he is going to put up a fight in an attempt to escape.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Firemen Rescuing Men And Women
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1899
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Shows the front of a building burning and two ladders raised against it. Through a thick cloud of smoke and sparks membes of the fire companies are ascending. Entering the windows they pass unfortunate occupants to their comrades, who in turn take them safely to the ground.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Wringing Good Joke, A
- Director:
- White, James H.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   0 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1899
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Grandpa sits nodding in his armchair in the kitchen, where a sout, jolly washerwoman is washing clothes. While the woman leaves the tub to talk to a book agent, a small boy enters, and ties grandpa's chair to a towel which is hanging over the tub. The washerwoman begins vigorously wringing the clothes. The towel is drawn into the wringer, and as grandpa is sitting with his feet on the stove and the chair tilted back, a collision is brought about by the towel pulling grandpa and the tub together. - Edison Catalog
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Gold Rush Scenes In The Klondike
- Director:
- Bonine, Robert K.; Crahan, Thomas
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1899
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Following a shot of a newspaper that outlines the hardships of living in the Klondike, there are scenes a typical Klondike town, of people on a raft, and of people mining for gold.
+ Searching Ruins On Broadway For Dead Bodies, Galveston
- Director:
- Blackton, J. Stuart
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1900
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- This shows the heart of the tremendous drifts in the east end of Galveston. Hundreds of bodies are concealed in these immense masses, and at the time the picture was taken the odor given out could be detected for miles. The subject shows a gang of laborers clearing away the debris in the search for corpses, one of which was discovered while the picture was being taken.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Kiss, The
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1900
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- The Kiss is an 1896 film, and was one of the first films ever shown commercially to the public.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Capture Of Boer Battery By British
- Director:
- White, James H.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   2 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1900
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Nothing can exceed the stubborn resistance shown by the Gordon Highlanders, as we see them steadily advancing in the face of a murderous fire of the Boers, who are making their guns speak with rapid volleys. One by one the gunners fall beside their guns, and as the smoke clears for an instant the Highlanders are seen gaining nearer and nearer the disputed ground. Finally a grand charge is made, the siege is carried, and amid cheers they plant the colors on the spot they have so dearly earned.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Storm At Sea, A
- Director:
- White, James H.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1900
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- While our photographers were crossing the Atlantic Ocean a most wonderful and sensational picture was secured, showing a storm at sea. The picture was secured by lashing the camera to the after bridge of the Kaiserine Maria Theresa, of the North German Lloyd Line, during one of its roughest voyages. The most wonderful storm picture ever photographed. Taken at great risk. - Edison Films
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Old Maid Having Her Picture Taken
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1901
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- An old maid is walking about the studio while the photographer is getting his camera ready.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ High Diving Scene
- Director:
- Unknown
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1901
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A daredevil rides his bicycle down a ramp and attempts to land in a pool of water as a crowd of spectators watches.
+ Photographing A Country Couple
- Director:
- Unknown
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1901
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Two lovers look for a place to spoon but are interrupted by a photographer and a “bad boy.”
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ What Happened On 23rd Street, New York City
- Alternate Title:
- What Happened on Twenty-Third Street, New York City
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1901
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Early Edison Camera Tests
- Director:
- Unknown
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   0 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1901
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
+ Pan-American Exposition By Night
- Director:
- White, James H.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1901
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A great feature of the Pan-American Exposition, as unanimously conceded by all visitors, was the electric illumination of the Exposition grounds at night. After a great deal of experimenting and patience, we succeeded in securing an excellent picture of the buildings at the Pan-American as they appeared when lighted up at night. All the buildings from the Temple of Music to the Electric Tower are shown, including the Electric Tower itself. - Edison Catalog
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Trapeze Disrobing Act
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.; Fleming, George S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   2 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1901
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- In this short silent film, we see Charmion an early vaudeville strongwomen, perform her famous Trapeze disrobing act. During the Victorian era, Charmion believed in promoting physical culture and dress reform for women.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Burning Of Durland’s Riding Academy, The
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   3 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1902
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- This picture shows the fire at its height, the firemen playing water on the buildings, and the falling walls of one of the large stones. - from the Edison Catalog
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Jack And The Beanstalk
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   10 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1902
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Porter's sequential continuity editing links several shots to form a narrative of the famous fairy tale story of Jack and his magic beanstalk. Borrowing on cinematographic methods reminiscent of 'Georges Melies', Porter uses animation, double exposure, and trick photography to illustrate the fairy's apparitions, Jack's dream, and the fast growing beanstalk.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Electrocuting An Elephant
- Director:
- Edison, Thomas A.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   3 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1903
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- The execution of Topsy, a female elephant, in a publicity stunt advertising the opening of Luna Park on Coney Island.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Life of an American Fireman, The
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   6 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1903
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Egyptian Fakir With Dancing Monkey
- Director:
- Unknown
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   2 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1903
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- The fakir with his trick monkey is seated on the pavement in a street in Cairo. He plays a tom-tom, while the monkey dances the couchee-couchee. The movements of the monkey are very comical.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Scrap In Black And White, A
- Director:
- Unknown
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1903
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Shows a young black boy and a white boy in a lively set-to. They finally collapse in the centre of the ring after they have fought themselves to a stand-still.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Uncle Tom’s Cabin
- Alternate Title:
- Slavery Days
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   19 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1903
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, African - American Interest, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Based on the novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe: Eliza, a slave who has a young child, pleads with Tom, another slave, to escape with her. Tom does not leave, but Eliza flees with her child. After getting some help to escape the slave traders who are looking for her, she then must try to cross the icy Ohio River if she wants to be free. Meanwhile, Tom is sold from one master to another, and his fortunes vary widely.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Gay Shoe Clerk, The
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1903
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A woman being fitted for shoes exposes her ankle to the shoe clerk, who is intrigued. He kisses her, but her chaperone hits him with her umbrella.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Turning The Tables
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   0 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1903
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A policeman confronts a group of boys who have ignored a 'No Bathing Allowed' sign.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ What Happened In The Tunnel
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1903
- Genre:
- African - American Interest, Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A woman riding a train must contend with the unwelcome advances of a male passenger.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Great Train Robbery, The
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   11 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1903
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Crime, Western, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A group of bandits stage a brazen train hold-up, only to find a determined posse hot on their heels.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ European Rest Cure
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   18 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1904
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
-
An American tourist has a terrible ordeal on his European vacation.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ How A French Nobleman Got A Wife Through The New York Herald Personal Columns
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   11 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1904
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A French aristocrat, who has recently arrived in America, has placed a personal advertisement in the newspaper. In the ad, he invites any well-to-do young woman who is interested in marriage to meet him near Grant's Tomb. When he goes to the meeting place, he is quickly met by an increasingly large number of women.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Strenuous Life, Or, Anti-Race Suicide, The
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   5 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1904
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A married couple faces the demands of what Theodore Roosevelt called 'the strenuous life'.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Ex-Convict, The
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   10 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1904
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A recently released prisoner struggles to support his family.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Kleptomaniac, The
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   10 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1905
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A well-dressed woman leaves her home and takes a carriage to a department store. While she is in the store, she steals several items, and is caught by store employees. Meanwhile, a poor woman with two small children steals a loaf of bread out of desperation, and she is quickly caught and arrested. Both women are taken to the police station and then into court, to see what penalty each of them must face.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Seven Ages, The
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   6 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1905
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Reveals the most important stages of life, through one couple.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Whole Dam Family And The Dam Dog, The
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   5 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1905
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- The picture opens with a close view of the individual members of the family. Each goes through a very amusing performance.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Coney Island At Night
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   4 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1905
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A panorama of Coney Island, taken at night: the camera sweeps across the scene from a vantage point well above the area. It then moves in for closer views of Dreamland and Luna Park.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Little Train Robbery, The
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   12 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1905
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- In this parody of 1903's Great Train Robbery, also made by Edwin S. Porter, young bandits rob the passengers of a kiddie train and are chased by police officers.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ White Caps, The
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.; McCutcheon, Wallace
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   12 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1905
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Two members of a vigilante group known as 'The White Caps' post a warning sign on a man's home. When the man comes home, he tears down the sign, and then proceeds to abuse his wife both verbally and physically. As soon as she can get away from him, the wife leaves home with her child to find a place of refuge. When the vigilantes find out about this, they arm themselves with rifles and immediately go to confront the abusive husband.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Miller’s Daughter, The
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   13 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1905
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Hazel, the miller's daughter, is courted by a country boy and a sophisticated city boy.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Train Wreckers
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   12 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1905
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A romance between a railroad engineer and the switchman's daughter is nearly ruined by train wreckers who knock out the girl and leave her on the tracks to be run over.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Life Of An American Policeman
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   14 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1905
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A policeman has breakfast with his wife and children, and then prepares for the day's work. While on his beat, he finds and helps a lost child. Later, several officers try to save a woman who has attempted to drown herself. And there are some even more hazardous situations yet to come.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Police Chasing Scorching Auto
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.; McCutcheon, Wallace
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   3 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1905
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Police officers pursue a speeding automobile that almost hit a small child.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Dream Of A Rarebit Fiend, The
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.; McCutcheon, Wallace
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   7 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1906
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- The fiend faces the spectacular mind-bending consequences of his free-wheeling rarebit binge.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Three American Beauties
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.; McCutcheon, Wallace
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- tinted b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1906
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Images of a rose, a young woman, and the American flag.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Films Of The San Francisco Earthquake
- Director:
- Blackton, J. Stuart
- Production Co:
- Vitagraph Company of America
- Running Time:
- Short.   14 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1906
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Footage of the devastation caused by the earthquake and fires that, in the words of Jack London, "completely destroyed" San Francisco on the morning of April 18th, 1906.
+ Terrible Kids, The
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.; McCutcheon, Wallace
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   7 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1906
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Two boys and their dog cause chaos with their practical jokes.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Kathleen Mavourneen
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   15 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1906
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Captain Clearfield, a wealthy landlord, assaults Kathleen with the help of an accomplice, but Terence O'More arrives in time to break up the attack. Clearfield then tries to get his way by intimidating Kathleen and her father, but again help arrives in time. Clearfield and his accomplice then come up with their most violent plan yet.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Getting Evidence
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   14 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1906
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A jealous husband arrives in the office of Hawkshaw, a private detective. The husband is certain that his wife is being unfaithful, and he wants the detective to produce photographic evidence. The detective tails the wife, and thinks he has caught her, but a sudden mishap prevents him from getting a photo. Despite this and further setbacks, the dedicated detective presses on, determined to fulfill his assignment.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Teddy Bears, The
- Director:
- McCutcheon, Wallace; Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   14 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1907
- Genre:
- Fantasy, Satire, Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Seven toy teddy bears of varying sizes suddenly come to life, getting in all sorts of merry misadventures.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Cohen’s Fire Sale
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   13 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1907
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A shopkeeper suffers the loss of some valuable merchandise, and thinks of a way to regain his losses.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Rivals, The
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   13 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1907
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Chollie and George compete for a young woman's affection, using trickery and sabotage.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Trainer’s Daughter, Or, A Race For Love, The
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   14 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1907
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Jack and the daughter of a horse trainer are in love with each other, but when the trainer discovers them together, he makes it clear that Jack is unwelcome. Later, at the stables, another suitor for the daughter's hand appears. An unusual agreement is reached, under which the result of a race will determine which of the two the daughter will marry. But Jack's rival proves to be unscrupulous, and he will stop at nothing to be successful.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ College Chums
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   11 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1907
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- While in a park, a young woman sees her fiancé being quite affectionate with another woman. When she calls him on the telephone to demand an explanation, he tells her that it was his sister. She is not satisfied, and insists on coming over to meet his 'sister'. As the young man broods over how to get out of trouble, an old college friend comes over, and he offers to pretend to be the sister. At first this works, but soon it has created even more complications.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Laughing Gas
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Co.
- Running Time:
- Short.   9 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1907
- Genre:
- Comedy, African - American Interest, Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A woman goes to the dentist for a toothache and is given gas. On her way home on the subway she can't stop laughing, and every other passenger catches the laughter from her.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Little Girl Who Did Not Believe In Santa Claus, A
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   14 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1907
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A generous boy tries to help a girl who does not believe in Santa Claus because of her family's poverty.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Suburbanite’s Ingenious Alarm, A
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.; Dawley, J. Searle
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   6 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1908
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- An office worker takes desperate measures in an attempt to get up on time in the morning.
+ Rescued From An Eagle’s Nest
- Director:
- Dawley, J. Searle
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   7 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1908
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A family is terrified when an eagle carries off its young child.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Fireside Reminiscences
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   8 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1908
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A broken-hearted husband thinks about the past as he sits by the fireplace.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Cupid’s Pranks
- Director:
- Dawley, J. Searle
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   10 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1908
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Cupid visits a ballroom dance and tries to bring a couple together.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Tale The Autumn Leaves Told (Fragment)
- Director:
- Porter, Edwin S.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   2 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1908
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Mistress Dorothy, of Elmhurst Manor, meets perchance young Squire Douglass. He picks some desired leaves beyond her reach. Love's young dream.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ House Of Cards, The
- Director:
- Cohl, Émile
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   16 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1909
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A beautifully hand-colored magic film of excellent quality and detail. His Satanic Majesty makes his appearance time and again in a most congenial manner, and to the perplexity of the principal characters participating in the presentation.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ New York Of Today
- Director:
- Unknown
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   8 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1910
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A New York travelogue made for the European market.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ How Bumptious Papered The Parlor
- Director:
- Miller, Ashley
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   5 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1910
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Mr. Bumptious insists on wallpapering the parlor himself, in order to save money.
- Link to:
- AFI catalog
+ Thirty Days At Hard Labor
- Director:
- Apfel, Oscar
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   16 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1912
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Jack must prove himself before Beatrice's father will allow him to continue seeing his daughter.
+ Passer-By, The
- Director:
- Apfel, Oscar
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   15 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1912
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A stranger is invited to a bachelor dinner, where he tells the story of his life.
+ Totville Eye, The
- Director:
- Williams, C.J.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   14 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1912
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A printer and his young assistant take over a local newspaper while the editor is away.
+ Public And Private Care Of Infants, The
- Director:
- Seay, Charles M.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   0 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1912
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A young widow with two babies faces some very difficult decisions in caring for them.
+ Unsullied Shield, An
- Director:
- Brabin, Charles
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   17 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1913
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- While their degenerate descendant sleeps, ancestral portraits come alive and admonish him.
+ At Bear Track Gulch
- Director:
- Shaw, Harold M.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   14 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1913
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- The mining community of Bear Track Gulch must adapt its ways when it receives its first female visitor.
+ Ambassador’s Daughter, The
- Director:
- Brabin, Charles
- Production Co:
- Edison Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   14 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1913
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- The theft of an important document from the ambassador's residence leads his daughter to investigate the crime.
+ Serenade By Proxy, A
- Director:
- Williams, C.J.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   15 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1913
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A farmer's daughter helps a farmhand win the heart of a cook by convincing him to serenade her, with unexpected results.
+ All On Account Of A Transfer
- Director:
- Williams, C.J.
- Production Co:
- Edison Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   11 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1913
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Herr Müller needs to travel across town, but he runs into difficulties because he cannot understand English.
+ One Touch Of Nature
- Director:
- Miller, Ashley
- Production Co:
- Edison Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   16 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1914
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- An irritable man meets a boy in the woods, and gets a change of attitude.
+ Adventure Of The Hasty Elopement, The
- Director:
- Seay, Charles M.
- Production Co:
- Edison Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   15 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1914
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- An amateur detective's automobile is stolen by a young woman who is determined to elope, leading to a complicated chase involving several vehicles.
+ Wonders Of Magnetism, The
- Production Co:
- Edison Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   8 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1915
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A series of demonstrations that illustrate some of the scientific principles involved in magnetism.
+ Black Eyes
- Director:
- Louis, Will
- Production Co:
- Edison Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   15 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1915
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A husband and wife swear never again to sneak out on each other with their friends, and are both faced with complications when they go back on their word.
+ Lone Game, The
- Director:
- Taylor, Edward C.
- Production Co:
- Edison Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   16 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1915
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A brother, a sister, and a friend all battle against the deadly disease of tuberculosis.
+ Unbeliever, The
- Director:
- Crosland, Alan
- Production Co:
- Edison Company
- Running Time:
- Short.   0 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1918
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A wealthy young American, bred to class distinction and racial intolerance, enters the Marines during the First World War. In the course of his training and his experiences in the trenches fighting, being wounded by, and being hospitalized with Germans, he comes to a recognition of the equality and brotherhood of men.
+ Black Diamond Express, The
- Director:
- White, James H.
- Production Co:
- Edison Manufacturing Compnay
- Running Time:
- Short.   1 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1896
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- "Train is first seen rounding a curve nearly a mile away. Approaches at the rate of 70 miles an hour, blowing a warning whistle to a gang of track repairers."